Roman Catholic Diocese of Plasencia

The Diocese of Plasencia (Latin: Dioecesis Placentina in Hispania) is a suffragan Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in the ecclesiastical province of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Mérida-Badajoz, in Extremadura, western Spain.[1][2]

Diocese of Plasencia

Dioecesis Placentina in Hispania

Diócesis de Plasencia
Plasencia Cathedral
Location
CountrySpain
Ecclesiastical provinceMérida-Badajoz
MetropolitanMérida-Badajoz
Coordinates40°1′40.814″N 6°5′26.617″W / 40.02800389°N 6.09072694°W / 40.02800389; -6.09072694
Statistics
Area10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi)
Population
- Total
- Catholics
(as of 2004)
272,654
266,724 (97.8%)
Information
DenominationRoman Catholic
RiteLatin Rite
Established1189
CathedralNew Gothic Cathedral of St. Mary in Plasencia
Current leadership
PopeFrancis
Bishop electErnesto Jesús Brontóns Tena
Metropolitan ArchbishopCelso Morga Iruzubieta
Map
Website
Website of the Diocese

Its cathedral episcopal see is the Catedral Nueva Gótica de Santa María (Gothic new cathedral), dedicated to the Virgin Mary, in the city of Plasencia, which also has the Romanesque former cathedral Catedral Vieja Románica de San Pablo, dedicated to St. Paul.

Statistics

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As per 2015, it pastorally served 261,853 Catholics (95.9% of 273,172 total) on 10,354 km2 in 200 parishes with 177 priests (160 diocesan, 17 religious), 360 lay religious (31 brothers, 329 sisters) and 2 seminarians.

History

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  • Established in 1189 as Diocese of Plasencia / Dioecesis Placentina in Hispania (Latin)

From 1312 to 1326 the bishop Sancho Blázquez Dávila imported the ceremonial and the bureaucratic-administrative model of the royal court into his episcopal household.[3]

Episcopal ordinaries

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(all Roman Rite) [4]

Suffragan Bishops of Plasencia
 
Tomb of Bishop

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Diocese of Plasencia" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  2. ^ "Diocese of Plasencia" GCatholic.org. Gabriel Chow. Retrieved February 29, 2016
  3. ^ de Paula Cañas Gálvez, Francisco (2015). "La Casa y Corte del obispo abulense Sancho Blázquez Dávila: un modelo curial episcopal castellano a mediados del siglo XIV" (PDF). Revistas Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie III, Historia Medieval (in Spanish) (28). doi:10.5944/etfiii.28.2015.14867. ISSN 0214-9745. Archived from the original on September 3, 2020.
  4. ^ "Diocese of Plasencia, Spain". Gcatholic.org. Retrieved 6 August 2018.
  5. ^ "Archbishop Gutierre Álvarez de Toledo" Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved March 21, 2016
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